Data centers in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Luzerne County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend township supervisors approve expansion of data center overlay district for third project despite court stay order (Salem Township), September 1, 2026.
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The data center in Luzerne County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Project Hazelnut
Hazle Township, Luzerne County · NorthPoint Development
Latest, November 10, 2025: NorthPoint Development's preliminary and final major land development plan for Project Hazelnut, 15 data center buildings with ancillary buildings, parking, utilities, landscaping and stormwater on a 1,282 acre industrial technology campus north of Humboldt Industrial Park North, was before the Hazle Township Board of Supervisors on November 10, 2025, which tabled it. hazletownship.com primary source
- Land
- 1,282 acresthe developer's figure
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Luzerne County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Luzerne County on the record (2)
| City | Projects | Rules | How it treats data centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazle Township | 1 | 0 | not rated |
| Salem Township | 0 | 1 |
What Luzerne County has decided
2 bodies, 1 decision on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
- Luzerne Countycounty
No dated act on this row yet.
- Salem Townshipcity
Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend township supervisors approve expansion of data center overlay district for third project despite court stay order, August 27, 2026.
1 act on this row
- litigation
Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend township supervisors approve expansion of data center overlay district for third project despite court stay order
Also reported by 1 source
- Times Leader query feed
- litigation
What happened
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· Salem Township
Litigation: Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend township supervisors approve expansion of data center overlay district for third project despite court stay order thecentersquare.com local outlet
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· Project Hazelnut
Now waiting on permits: NorthPoint Development's preliminary and final major land development plan for Project Hazelnut, 15 data center buildings with ancillary buildings, parking, utilities, landscaping and stormwater on a 1,282 acre industrial technology campus north of Humboldt Industrial Park North, was before the Hazle Township Board of Supervisors on November 10, 2025, which tabled it. hazletownship.com primary source
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Luzerne County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Luzerne County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/luzerne-county, updated September 29, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/luzerne-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/pa/luzerne-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed